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Doc June 13th 06 03:17 AM

When installing a replacement mobo, will I have to reinstall the O/S?
 
Putting a replacement mobo in a Compaq Deskpro EN PIII WinXP Home,
theoretically identical to the original mobo, will I have to reinstall the
O/S? Not sure if there are identifiers in a particular mobo that the O/S
needs to "see".

Thanks.



Michael A. Covington June 13th 06 03:47 AM

When installing a replacement mobo, will I have to reinstall the O/S?
 
"Doc" wrote in message
ink.net...
Putting a replacement mobo in a Compaq Deskpro EN PIII WinXP Home,
theoretically identical to the original mobo, will I have to reinstall the
O/S? Not sure if there are identifiers in a particular mobo that the O/S
needs to "see".


Probably not. If Windows complains, then do a repair installation, not a
complete reinstall.



Carey Frisch [MVP] June 13th 06 03:49 AM

When installing a replacement mobo, will I have to reinstall the O/S?
 
Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with XP Installed
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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"Doc" wrote:

| Putting a replacement mobo in a Compaq Deskpro EN PIII WinXP Home,
| theoretically identical to the original mobo, will I have to reinstall the
| O/S? Not sure if there are identifiers in a particular mobo that the O/S
| needs to "see".
|
| Thanks.


Ben Myers June 13th 06 04:51 AM

When installing a replacement mobo, will I have to reinstall the O/S?
 
If you are installing a motherboard IDENTICAL to the one it is replacing, the
odds of Windows and billg complaining are almost nil. I've done a lot of
repairs of Dell computers, in particular, with motherboard swaps and not yet
encountered a problem.

If the processor speed and BIOS revision are the same between the two boards,
Windows does not see any difference. In practice with a Compaq or Dell or
Intel-made or IBM motherboard, the only difference between two boards at the
BIOS level is the motherboard serial number (Dell service tag) burned into the
BIOS. With a Compaq motherboard, the BIOS setup allows you to change the
motherboard serial number. With a Dell motherboard, you need to run a small
utility program to change the service tag. Once the serial numbers are
identical between old and new motherboards, who's to know the difference.

.... Ben Myers

On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 02:17:26 GMT, "Doc" wrote:

Putting a replacement mobo in a Compaq Deskpro EN PIII WinXP Home,
theoretically identical to the original mobo, will I have to reinstall the
O/S? Not sure if there are identifiers in a particular mobo that the O/S
needs to "see".

Thanks.



Timothy Daniels June 13th 06 07:11 AM

When installing a replacement mobo, will I have to reinstall the O/S?
 
"Ben Myers" wrote:
[...] With a Dell motherboard, you need to run a small
utility program to change the service tag.


How does one get that utility?

*TimDaniels*

Pen June 13th 06 02:39 PM

When installing a replacement mobo, will I have to reinstall the O/S?
 

"Timothy Daniels"
wrote in
message
. ..
"Ben Myers" wrote:
[...] With a Dell motherboard, you
need to run a small
utility program to change the service
tag.


How does one get that utility?

*TimDaniels*

In the group alt.sys.pc-clone.dell find
*change service tag -- notan ??? *
read the entire thread.



Doc June 13th 06 02:48 PM

When installing a replacement mobo, will I have to reinstall the O/S?
 

wrote in message
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Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish;
and you have fed him for a lifetime. You will learn to fish


kony old boy! NNTP-Posting-Host: 74.129.166.247

Playing with your sockpuppets today?





Ben Myers June 13th 06 02:51 PM

When installing a replacement mobo, will I have to reinstall the O/S?
 
asset.com at the Dell ftp site. Runs as a DOS command line program, with the
usual command line help... Ben Myers

On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 23:11:15 -0700, "Timothy Daniels"
wrote:

"Ben Myers" wrote:
[...] With a Dell motherboard, you need to run a small
utility program to change the service tag.


How does one get that utility?

*TimDaniels*



Timothy Daniels June 13th 06 05:44 PM

When installing a replacement mobo, will I have to reinstall the O/S?
 
"Doc" wrote:
wrote:

Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish;
and you have fed him for a lifetime. You will learn to fish


kony old boy! NNTP-Posting-Host: 74.129.166.247

Playing with your sockpuppets today?


LOL Old KoRny has keyboard diarhea. He can't control his
spewing and pontificating. He really NEEDS to get a life.

*TimDaniels*

[email protected] June 13th 06 07:41 PM

When installing a replacement mobo, will I have to reinstall the O/S?
 

Doc wrote:
wrote in message
oups.com...

Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish;
and you have fed him for a lifetime. You will learn to fish


kony old boy! NNTP-Posting-Host: 74.129.166.247

Playing with your sockpuppets today?


So this is why you still can't use a search engine as well as any 10
year old child?



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